You asked for any helpful advice. One thing I noticed is how you blew out the frames. We built a stand with a slide. The box sits right side up at a slight angle. The bees come out of the bottom, and gently land in front of their entrance, and the march begins. It's alot more gentle on the bees, and less confusing to the bees with sticky wings and feet that can't fly so well. Hope it helps. The slide is made from stainless, and there's a mount for a backpack type blower. We hook a vacuum line (like you find at the car wash) to the blower for more dexterity at the wrist.
Being a father of two sons I get a kick out of seeing the hive with your son’s frames. We have a desk in our home that I can’t part with because my oldest carved his name in the wood when he was about 5 years old.
@@colleenmcbride3656 Beautiful idea! My mom and her brothers are in the process of selling my nanny’s home and my mom said before it goes she has to replace door frames because she’s keeping the ones she marked my kids height on as they grew up. 🥰
I'm a great grandfather now, and my own grandfather was a beekeeper although I am not, but always interested. I loved your comments on how a bee colony so expresses the work of our loving Creator.
Beekeeping is fascinating! I’m still astounded that you can use your bare hands to work with the hives and not get stung multiple times. I love your videos; keep up the great work!
I enjoyed your postings, my wife and i live in Costa Rica and are moving back to Texas next week. we have purchased five acres and watching you tend to your bees has motivated me and I intend on starting my own bee hives. I'm retired and looking forward to this new adventure. David Bure, Costa Rica
Need two more. Lol. I'm a commercial keeper with backyard boxes i just bought. 10 hives total. Only the most gentle genetics are coming home. 2500 colonies to choose from, and a really cool boss. So there it is. Welcome aboard!
I ordered a sawmill earlier this year and see honey bees in my future plans now. This channel has been much of an influence to have a more rural lifestyle.
I remember seeing your son help you with the boxes. He sure did an excellent job. It will be lovely to see his handy work every time you look in that box
My first year bee keeping this year I have watched your videos over and over to educate myself as best I can and can’t thank you enough for the knowledge.
Thanks for your video and to learn how you do your harvesting. You asked for suggestions so here goes. 1. If you place a board across your plastic tote that catches your cappings it will give you something to rest your frames on at a more comfortable position. Also if you put a screws or nail in it from the bottom and allow a portion of it to protrude through the wood it will allow your frames to be held in a single position that keeps them from sliding off. 2. Have you tried using a bee escape or fume boards? 3. Have you thought about using two smaller tubs and do two processes at the same time? If you take a plastic tub, got mine from Sam's Club, and cut out the bottom of one of them, leaving a portion of the bottom to catch a piece of thin aluminum angle that has some screen wire attached to it. This allows the cappings to fall on the screen and be dripping while you are working on the next frames. The second tub which is the same size is below it and has a frame made to keep the upper tub from laying on the bottom of the lower tub. 4. Kamon Reynolds recently posted a plastic box he uses to harvest his frames with that has 10 locations to place the frames in with some space below to allow any comb that is hanging below the frame to not be smashed against the bottom. It was also wide enough that there was plenty of room for the odd thickness fat frames. It also had a vented lid that allows hot air to escape and to keep the bees from robbing. the tub was very pricey so I am thinking about finding a tub that will allow frames to rest on the sides and hold at least 10 frames. I am sure I can find one that will work that can have a piece of aluminum angle or wood attached to the side of the tub that the frames can rest on that would be made for less than 87 dollars plus shipping. Hope I didn't step on your toes. Good luck.
Your parents sure raised you right - humble, curious and generous! Sure hope it's just impatience with the low yield. Lord knows patience is needed in beekeeping, watermelon harvesting, and raising children!! Many thanks for the highly informative and interesting videos!! God Bless!
I really liked this video. Your shared experience is greatly appreciated. The video of your son marking the frames was great and now you'll have that memory for as long as you have those frames. Thanks for all the videos.
My favorite box is the one you son wrote on...so precious along with great memories for you and your wife. As always, thank you for taking the time to share all your videos. God bless!
Have been watching your sawmill videos for awhile now and started following your honey vids since you took the swarm out of the tree in the spring. Ive learned a lot about bee keeping. Keep up the great work with the wood and the bees. God bless.
I just love watching you work your hives. I love your chill, relaxed commentary! Not pretentiousness bone in your body! My first year with bees. Thank you so very much from Ontario, Canada!
I said it before and again now, you are a born teacher. I've watched a few other honey bee video's but they don't compare to yours. It's not just your words but also the video. My earliest memory of honey is being a small child with a sore throat. My mom mixed honey and warm water to sooth my throat. I actually have memory of being well again but telling my mom I should have more honey and warm water just to be sure.
It’s so cool watching your older harvest, then this video, and seeing how you did the quality of life things you said you’d do, like the bucked with a hole for en masse cap draining!
I really appreciate your honesty in these videos; a lot of beekeeper content comes off as polished perfection which isn't really useful or approachable.
I enjoy all of your content whether you are cutting logs or tending your hives! Learned it is a lot of science involved....watching you extract honey makes me want to make a batch of biscuits and dig into the honey jar!!!
You are a Bee BRAINIAC!! How do you see the queen so fast?? I'm so impressed - love these videos!! Your son marking those frames - keep those FOREVER!!! Those are treasures 💞💞💞 This honey gathering is hard work - I never realized that. We buy this stuff called Bees Wax - the best polishing spray EVER - wood, mirrors, granite, glass - whatever. It's the BEST!!
👍👍🙏 everything you said towards the end of the video is a great idea.Putting a stored super on in the spring will insure you can easily divide spring from fall honey. Great video
Another great example of God's handiwork as well as yours. Thank you for all you do to show the wonders of God's that are placed here for our use. Glad you mentioned the work your son did to help. M. Belinda Davis in NC
Watching you with the bees is so interesting. I'm really thinking seriously about getting some hives. Man, you are an expensive influence on me. First I had to order a sawmill after watching you with yours, and now the bees! lol
Go with your gut on the fresh start aspect. Sound logical that your harvest would be same color if all racks were started from the same point. Keep up the good work and keep praising the Lord for your harvest.
Great video. The motor for the extractor makes a big difference. For the cappings, I use a paint straining bag and tie it on the rack in my extractor. It works really well .
I always look forward to your videos. They are informative, interesting, and honest. My son is interested in beekeeping and I'm sharing your bee videos with him.
Very interesting seeing what you are doing for the harvest. This is my second year. I went into winter with 8 colonies, all from swarms. Came out of winter with all 8. I just checked my 4 horizontal hives and have 16 deep frames full of nectar that they are starting to cap. I have 6 medium honey supers on other colonies that are full and about half capped. I've never extracted and have no equipment. I'm scared. Hoping to get help and advice from an 86 year old retired bee keeper that still has all of his equipment in the barn. What's even worse, I'm not sure what I did to get them through the winter and what I've done right during the flow lol. What a hobby lol.
Tried bee keeping a few years back, but bees and horses do not mix. At least I tried, I enjoyed watching my bees doing their thing. Gave them to a keeper, which I passed weekly. When living in Colorado.
Young man the best advice I can give you on your honey 🍯 is to listen to your little helper..lol and keep plenty of fresh hot biscuits around! Thanks for sharing your videos and God bless
I've always enjoyed the wood mizer videos but I've enjoyed the tractor videos too. Learned a lot from the bee keeping and honey extracting also. I like all the videos and been watching from the beginning so I do also hope I win a jar of honey, but if not just keep the videos coming, have a great week !
Too late for the contest unfortunately, just wanted to say when I first started watching the channel I thought it was just about the wood mizer, but you're basically living the life I'm trying to find for myself damn near all of it. Thanks keep up the good work
I never thought about Bee's or how they made honey but now I'm hooked and cant wait for next harvest. Honey just looks and tastes so...*mouth starts watering*
Lots of work but nice rewards, had a couple of hives years ago, work got in the way. Once I retire plan on getting starting again. Thanks for the videos
Jeff from north north Florida my father had about 350 hives at one time and he would change the dark foundation for new it will keep your honey from getting to dark.and he always used queen excluders.change the foundation every 2 or 3 years .great video keep them coming
Great job on the different tasks that you are doing on your videos. I just love watching the bees you have and the dedication you give to them. Keep the videos coming and God Bless.
Just found you enjoyed the vid and learned some stuff me and my wife just started bee keeping last year and about to pull our first ever honey this weekend and I’m so excited
Watching the honey extraction, especially that light honey, and that nice light wax. Brings me back to time spent at my uncle's place. He always kept a container on the table with fresh honey from his back yard hives in the foothills north of Los Angeles. Excellent sage and wild flowers in the area.
Once again, amazing video! I always learn something knew, or am just genuinely entertained. Bees truly are one of God’s amazing gifts to the world! You seem like a genuinely kind soul and that’s refreshing in this day and age. I can’t wait to see what’s next!
You may not have gotten as much honey as you had hoped but the honey you got was beautiful and truly a wonderful gift. Anyone can tell from the way you talk that you know that.
Contest is OVER! Congratulations to William Kn! William has 24 hours to accept the prize. Thanks to all!
Did he respond 👀
Wow
We received the honey, looks great. We plan to make some fresh biscuits homemade to enjoy this honey
@@williamkn621 How'd it go?
You asked for any helpful advice. One thing I noticed is how you blew out the frames. We built a stand with a slide. The box sits right side up at a slight angle. The bees come out of the bottom, and gently land in front of their entrance, and the march begins. It's alot more gentle on the bees, and less confusing to the bees with sticky wings and feet that can't fly so well.
Hope it helps. The slide is made from stainless, and there's a mount for a backpack type blower. We hook a vacuum line (like you find at the car wash) to the blower for more dexterity at the wrist.
Love your show. My daughter that I lost in December watched your channel regularly. Great memories with her watching you. God Bless
I'm sorry for your loss
So sorry to hear sir. She is with god and happy looking down on you.
Sorry to hear that. God bless her.
I'm so sorry God bless you. Hope you find her 1 day.
@@aouad8102 When Jesus returns I will see her again
Being a father of two sons I get a kick out of seeing the hive with your son’s frames. We have a desk in our home that I can’t part with because my oldest carved his name in the wood when he was about 5 years old.
That writing was so adorable....lol ❤....
God bless you Dan.... in Jesus precious name ❤....
That's sweet! Maybe you could cut that part out and have it be a decorative piece on your next desk.
@@colleenmcbride3656
Beautiful idea! My mom and her brothers are in the process of selling my nanny’s home and my mom said before it goes she has to replace door frames because she’s keeping the ones she marked my kids height on as they grew up. 🥰
I'm a great grandfather now, and my own grandfather was a beekeeper although I am not, but always interested. I loved your comments on how a bee colony so expresses the work of our loving Creator.
Beekeeping is fascinating! I’m still astounded that you can use your bare hands to work with the hives and not get stung multiple times. I love your videos; keep up the great work!
I enjoyed your postings, my wife and i live in Costa Rica and are moving back to Texas next week. we have purchased five acres and watching you tend to your bees has motivated me and I intend on starting my own bee hives. I'm retired and looking forward to this new adventure. David Bure, Costa Rica
My dad used to have hives back in the 1950's and 1960's. I loved watching him collect
honey. I've watched your videos for about a year.
I'm a beginner at bee keeping. Got my first hive this year
i've got 6 hives for now, first year too!
Need two more. Lol.
I'm a commercial keeper with backyard boxes i just bought. 10 hives total. Only the most gentle genetics are coming home.
2500 colonies to choose from, and a really cool boss. So there it is. Welcome aboard!
I ordered a sawmill earlier this year and see honey bees in my future plans now. This channel has been much of an influence to have a more rural lifestyle.
And he’s bare-handing the whole thing, I’m obsessed with these videos 😂
I remember seeing your son help you with the boxes. He sure did an excellent job. It will be lovely to see his handy work every time you look in that box
My first year bee keeping this year I have watched your videos over and over to educate myself as best I can and can’t thank you enough for the knowledge.
Thanks for your video and to learn how you do your harvesting. You asked for suggestions so here goes.
1. If you place a board across your plastic tote that catches your cappings it will give you something to rest your frames on at a more comfortable position. Also if you put a screws or nail in it from the bottom and allow a portion of it to protrude through the wood it will allow your frames to be held in a single position that keeps them from sliding off.
2. Have you tried using a bee escape or fume boards?
3. Have you thought about using two smaller tubs and do two processes at the same time? If you take a plastic tub, got mine from Sam's Club, and cut out the bottom of one of them, leaving a portion of the bottom to catch a piece of thin aluminum angle that has some screen wire attached to it. This allows the cappings to fall on the screen and be dripping while you are working on the next frames. The second tub which is the same size is below it and has a frame made to keep the upper tub from laying on the bottom of the lower tub.
4. Kamon Reynolds recently posted a plastic box he uses to harvest his frames with that has 10 locations to place the frames in with some space below to allow any comb that is hanging below the frame to not be smashed against the bottom. It was also wide enough that there was plenty of room for the odd thickness fat frames. It also had a vented lid that allows hot air to escape and to keep the bees from robbing. the tub was very pricey so I am thinking about finding a tub that will allow frames to rest on the sides and hold at least 10 frames. I am sure I can find one that will work that can have a piece of aluminum angle or wood attached to the side of the tub that the frames can rest on that would be made for less than 87 dollars plus shipping.
Hope I didn't step on your toes. Good luck.
Your parents sure raised you right - humble, curious and generous! Sure hope it's just impatience with the low yield. Lord knows patience is needed in beekeeping, watermelon harvesting, and raising children!! Many thanks for the highly informative and interesting videos!! God Bless!
I really liked this video. Your shared experience is greatly appreciated. The video of your son marking the frames was great and now you'll have that memory for as long as you have those frames. Thanks for all the videos.
So many of your videos have really helped me research how to get into bee keeping. Very appreciative for your content.
My favorite box is the one you son wrote on...so precious along with great memories for you and your wife. As always, thank you for taking the time to share all your videos. God bless!
I just found your channel. And now I am in love the whole Bee Keeping process.
Have been watching your sawmill videos for awhile now and started following your honey vids since you took the swarm out of the tree in the spring.
Ive learned a lot about bee keeping. Keep up the great work with the wood and the bees.
God bless.
Wish I had time to take up beekeeping. Full time job, sawmill/woodworking and metal detecting leaves no time for anything else. Thanks for all you do.
So many memories watching you harvest honey. Spent many hours with my grandad out in the fields!
Fun informative video as always. Could you use a “bow” with a piano wire to remove the caps on your frames? Enjoy all of your videos.
I love your enthusiastic approach to everything you do - and I wish I had your energy!
This is a great adventure in beekeeping! I love to see you reap the harvest. Yes your son did a great job helping marking the frames.
I just love watching you work your hives. I love your chill, relaxed commentary! Not pretentiousness bone in your body! My first year with bees. Thank you so very much from Ontario, Canada!
Thanks for the videos I’ve been bee keeping for two years and still learning I enjoy watching your videos because I always seem to learn something new
I've never had any interest in beekeeping until I came across your videos. Good stuff.
Without Fall Line Ridge this aspiring apiarist would have had a honeyless 2020. Informative AND inspirational. Thanks and God Bless!
I'm in my first year of beekeeping and your videos are a really helpful resource!
I said it before and again now, you are a born teacher. I've watched a few other honey bee video's but they don't compare to yours. It's not just your words but also the video. My earliest memory of honey is being a small child with a sore throat. My mom mixed honey and warm water to sooth my throat. I actually have memory of being well again but telling my mom I should have more honey and warm water just to be sure.
Don't be disappointed in this year's batch! Every project has its highs and lows, so don't worry! Next year may be better ☺️!
It’s so cool watching your older harvest, then this video, and seeing how you did the quality of life things you said you’d do, like the bucked with a hole for en masse cap draining!
First year beekeeper here, your videos are very helpful. Northern Virginia
I really appreciate your honesty in these videos; a lot of beekeeper content comes off as polished perfection which isn't really useful or approachable.
I enjoy all of your content whether you are cutting logs or tending your hives! Learned it is a lot of science involved....watching you extract honey makes me want to make a batch of biscuits and dig into the honey jar!!!
Enjoying learning about honey and beekeeping from you. Not to mention the sawmill videos. Keep up the great work!
Just got started into beekeeping this year, so won't get to taste honey for a while. Love the vids. Keep up the good work 💪💪.
Do you sell bee packages to public? For@ Ridge Line.
Get in there and taste some already. You should be good by now.
I've learned a lot from your beekeeping videos in the last two years. Keep up the good work!
Love your honey episodes, my Dad cared for bees when I was a kid and we loved it. Fresh honey on hot buttered biscuits! Oh my!
First-year beekeeper here. Thank you for the insight and the help!
You are a Bee BRAINIAC!! How do you see the queen so fast?? I'm so impressed - love these videos!! Your son marking those frames - keep those FOREVER!!! Those are treasures 💞💞💞 This honey gathering is hard work - I never realized that. We buy this stuff called Bees Wax - the best polishing spray EVER - wood, mirrors, granite, glass - whatever. It's the BEST!!
What an amazing video! You have an amazing mindset about honoring the bees and humbling yourselfz
Love to watch your channel. You really have a lot to keep you busy. Boards to bees. Work is never done.
Your son is very talented!! Great presentation!! Thank you!!
Love your channel. The variety you produce is great. Hand cranking is like hand turning ice cream.
👍👍🙏 everything you said towards the end of the video is a great idea.Putting a stored super on in the spring will insure you can easily divide spring from fall honey. Great video
Another great example of God's handiwork as well as yours. Thank you for all you do to show the wonders of God's that are placed here for our use. Glad you mentioned the work your son did to help. M. Belinda Davis in NC
Watching you with the bees is so interesting. I'm really thinking seriously about getting some hives. Man, you are an expensive influence on me. First I had to order a sawmill after watching you with yours, and now the bees! lol
I have enjoyed waiting your Honey Harvest again this year. Enjoy your hard work.
As a kid I worked on a farm that had hundreds of acres of wild blueberries. The beekeeper was always mysterious to me. Thanks for the education.
Go with your gut on the fresh start aspect. Sound logical that your harvest would be same color if all racks were started from the same point.
Keep up the good work and keep praising the Lord for your harvest.
Great video. The motor for the extractor makes a big difference. For the cappings, I use a paint straining bag and tie it on the rack in my extractor. It works really well .
Very interesting videos. I like that you are a Christian and share your love for the Lord. You are truly planting seeds!
I always look forward to your videos. They are informative, interesting, and honest. My son is interested in beekeeping and I'm sharing your bee videos with him.
I started out with three colonies this year. I agree it helps having the resources. I like your uncapping tub. Thanks for the info
Thinking about getting into bee keeping..much to learn and your videos are easy to follow, thanks for sharing
Harvest time is the best part of the year! Thanks for sharing your adventures!
Very interesting seeing what you are doing for the harvest. This is my second year. I went into winter with 8 colonies, all from swarms. Came out of winter with all 8. I just checked my 4 horizontal hives and have 16 deep frames full of nectar that they are starting to cap. I have 6 medium honey supers on other colonies that are full and about half capped. I've never extracted and have no equipment. I'm scared. Hoping to get help and advice from an 86 year old retired bee keeper that still has all of his equipment in the barn. What's even worse, I'm not sure what I did to get them through the winter and what I've done right during the flow lol. What a hobby lol.
Fall Line Ridge has the best honey ever!. Keep up the great work
Tried bee keeping a few years back, but bees and horses do not mix. At least I tried, I enjoyed watching my bees doing their thing. Gave them to a keeper, which I passed weekly. When living in Colorado.
I really like watching your bee videos. And tell your son Good Job on labeling those frames!
I am starting my own beehive soon and it was your videos that got me interested in it.
Young man the best advice I can give you on your honey 🍯 is to listen to your little helper..lol and keep plenty of fresh hot biscuits around! Thanks for sharing your videos and God bless
I love the variety of content you produce. Thanks for all the hard work you put into these videos.
I've always enjoyed the wood mizer videos but I've enjoyed the tractor videos too. Learned a lot from the bee keeping and honey extracting also. I like all the videos and been watching from the beginning so I do also hope I win a jar of honey, but if not just keep the videos coming, have a great week !
Too late for the contest unfortunately, just wanted to say when I first started watching the channel I thought it was just about the wood mizer, but you're basically living the life I'm trying to find for myself damn near all of it. Thanks keep up the good work
I never thought about Bee's or how they made honey but now I'm hooked and cant wait for next harvest. Honey just looks and tastes so...*mouth starts watering*
What a cool process! I started out with your log milling videos, beekeeping is feeling fresh right now, can't wait to see more.
Love theses style videos. This is not something I would ever attempt but your videos are very informative.
Lots of work but nice rewards, had a couple of hives years ago, work got in the way. Once I retire plan on getting starting again. Thanks for the videos
I really love your channel you've taught me a lot about bees and woodwork
Jeff from north north Florida my father had about 350 hives at one time and he would change the dark foundation for new it will keep your honey from getting to dark.and he always used queen excluders.change the foundation every 2 or 3 years .great video keep them coming
That first honey you pulled looked so good! Keep up the good work!
Thank you for all the knowledge you give it has helped me I have found two swarms last month hopefully I'll be able to harvest some honey
Started watching your wood milling videos, but have loved watching your bee videos too. Keep up the great content overall!
Enjoy all your videos, sawmill and honey are my favorites!
I always learn something watching these videos. This is just my 2nd year beekeeping!
Enjoy all your videos. Honey is a favorite in our house. Looking forward to the next video.
Always enjoy the bee keeping videos. Keep up the good work and sharing your faith!
Dude I love that you talk bout the Lord in these videos. Keep it up brother.
Great job on the different tasks that you are doing on your videos.
I just love watching the bees you have and the dedication you give to them.
Keep the videos coming and God Bless.
Such a good video! The honey harvesting ones are my fave! Keep up the good work!
Wife loves the honey and the bee's, i like the saw milling, keep up the great videos!
Just found you enjoyed the vid and learned some stuff me and my wife just started bee keeping last year and about to pull our first ever honey this weekend and I’m so excited
The honey bee is an awesome gift from God. That has my interest in studying the life of the Honey Bee. Thanks for including in video. And great tips
Hello from Chicago! I love all the videos but I really do love the honey ones. Keep em' coming!
I enjoyed watching the extraction process. I am a new beekeeper and have not harvested yet. Hopefully next year will be my year!
I really enjoy watching your 2021 honey harvest. I think you'll get more honey in a few weeks. I wish you a fool luck.
I have learned a lot from your video and i found myself watching alot of your video at night
very educational... fast becoming one of my favorite channels... keep the vids coming
It's been a long time since I've worked bees and my wife and I miss it a bunch!! Thanks for sharing with us.
I find your bee keeping videos very interesting. I know nothing about bee keeping except that I love the results! Nectar of the Gods.
Watching the honey extraction, especially that light honey, and that nice light wax.
Brings me back to time spent at my uncle's place.
He always kept a container on the table with fresh honey from his back yard hives in the foothills north of Los Angeles.
Excellent sage and wild flowers in the area.
Once again, amazing video! I always learn something knew, or am just genuinely entertained. Bees truly are one of God’s amazing gifts to the world! You seem like a genuinely kind soul and that’s refreshing in this day and age. I can’t wait to see what’s next!
The difference between fall and spring honey is something new to me. The cap spinner, I bet, would be a good investment.
You may not have gotten as much honey as you had hoped but the honey you got was beautiful and truly a wonderful gift. Anyone can tell from the way you talk that you know that.
I really enjoy watching your channel. I live the verity. From milling wood, growing vegetables and keeping bees happy. Stay safe and healthy.
Thank you for putting out the great content that you do. You give me hope for my harvest.
We really enjoy your videos. Thanks for the learning experience on bee keeping.
Always been fascinated with bee keeping. Love the honey you collected.